We've never needed a transcript with course descriptions...but it sounds like a good idea. I would keep the course descriptions simple and short, though. A lot of college admissions aren't going to want to read every detail of every class. When they see a good SAT/ACT score and a good GPA and a good work & volunteering resume, and some stellar application essays, they're pretty happy. We've had six graduates--three of us were offered full-ride scholarship packages, and the others had enough scholarships that they were able to work and pay their own way through. Granted, I'm just thinking about "normal" universities, not all the exclusive ones, those are something else, I'm not that fancy. ;) Very smart for your son to work on keeping his resume updated throughout high school, and very good practice for adulthood! Good job assessing some of the issues with this year so that you can improve this next year. Keeping up with grading--yes! That's one of my mom's big tips for homeschoolers is to NEVER let grading pile up and always go over grading and corrections with your kids right away--she checks all daily work every day and checks all major projects the day that they are turned in.

THANK YOU! My son is a rising homeschooled 9th grader and I can't say Thank You enough. Well Done. 👏👏👏

Thanks for sharing what you have learned! My oldest is headed into 7th grade so I am going to heed your advice and look into any prep to do high school credits in 8th grade. Learning from others before us is a blessing so thank you!

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome and glad I’m able to help!!

Thank you for all your advise I always find your videos so helpful. I hope to keep seeing more. I just started home school with my 2nd grader but I like to see what the future will be like and keep my perspective for planning as we go.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!! I’m happy to be able to share all the lessons learned. Wow! You’re quite a ways from high school, but nothing wrong with looking head! Seeing where you want to be so you can make sure to take the straight path to get there!!! 👏👏👏

I have a 7th grader this year, and just thinking about high school credits gives me anxiety 😄 thank-you for this video, very helpful.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

Don’t let it scare you!!! In the end, it will all be ok. I keep telling myself, even if my son takes an extra semester….a super senior year, in the grand scheme of things, it’s all good! He’ll still function as an adult some day! 😜

So much good information! My oldest is going into 8th grade in Sept. Thank you for your insight!!

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!!!

I could have made this video emotionally. Highschool is so much more and so different. The work load jump is huge. Transcripts and grading make me feel inadequate to homeschool even though it's our tenth year. My daughter and I are learning together.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

Жыл бұрын

Transcripts and grading is a bit overwhelming until you realize that we could be making a bigger deal about it than it needs to be. With each year that I’ve gone through high school, I’ve relaxed a little bit more. I could even say that I might change some things from when I made this video!!! It will all be fine. 😉💕

WOW! The information you share in this video is INCREDIBLY helpful! My daughter will be going into her 9th grade year this fall. I am now in the process of finalizing her high school plan & curriculum picks. I can’t say “THANK YOU!” enough for sharing your regrets & what you will be changing for next school year! Finding Homeschool High School content is really hard to find & your channel is a Godsend to many of us! You are one of my favorite homeschool mamas! 🥰

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!! I’m glad I can help! It’s so hard to know what your about to encounter in high school. So hearing others’ experiences definitely helps!

I love how open and transparent you’ve been in this video! It is very helpful to people like me who have a rising ninth grader and feel stuck in the slough of decisions.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! Glad I’m able to help!

Thank you for this! I’m so stressed about my oldest beginning ninth grade this year. This was so informative and helpful!

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

The unknown is a bit scary!! You’ve got this!😁

Thank you for being so honest! This was great to hear so I can be thinking about these things in advance! High school makes me nervous 😬 sounds like you've got wonderful aims in mind!

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome! Don’t be nervous! It’s just a new step to learn! 🤓

@TheJohnsonCrew

Жыл бұрын

@@OurHOMEschoolPlan aw thanks for that!

Thank you for this video. My oldest is going into 7th grade, and I am already looking into high school requirements, curric, etc. This video had so many wonderful points (some I didn't even think of). Thank you again.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!!! 7th grade!! My middle child is also 7th grade next year!! It’s going by tooooooo fast!!! 😉

Best. High School. Video. Ever. Thanks so much for sharing!! I have a seventh grader this year.. I especially love the advice to try to get high school credit early. I hadn’t even thought of that!

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!! Yes!!! Look into early credits!!

Thank you, your vidoes are very helpful! Taking notes for next year! Junior high mom here!

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!! So glad to help!

Everything you are saying is resounding SO much with me! Wow!

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

Solidarity! ❤️

This video was so helpful! I have a middle schooler and I love watching what moms have learned from their high school experiences so that I can prepare for our future. We, too, get off track with grading as the year goes on. After watching your experience I am thinking that I’ll move our grading day to Monday instead of Friday so that we can go over the previous week’s work and make sure there is a plan for the current week’s work. Thanks so much for being so transparent and helpful to the rest of us mamas out here. ❤️

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

That is such a great idea!!! By the end of the week, I’m ready for a break and don’t want to do any school stuff!! You are so welcome! I’m glad my lessons learned can help others!!

Thanks for sharing your experience. My oldest will be starting 9th grade in just a few weeks...I've been a little stressed, lol. This video was very helpful, so hard to find good homeschooling high school content.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yes….I think there are many reasons there isn’t more high school content out there. You’d think life is busier when your kids are younger, but I’m not so sure. 😉 it feels like it keeps getting busier to me! Good luck!!!

So good, I relate to everything you said! I just finished my oldest daughter's freshman year and just about everything you said happened with us too lol!

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

Well that’s encouraging!! ❤️ Thank you!

Thank you for this video! I loved that you kept it real and were honest about the struggles! I can relate to you on so many levels! It’s so hard to be consistent with ALL OF THE THINGS!! Good job for reevaluating and trying different things for this school year. Praying for a great year! I have a 9th grader that starts this week!! I don’t feel as prepared as I wanted to but I know God is with me and will fill in the gaps and will give us wisdom as we move through this year. I also think relationship is so important. Time goes by so fast and I figure if they know how to learn they will go far in this world! They can learn anything!

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! And yea, relationship trumps the task list everyday!! Don’t be nervous about this. Just one step at a time. You’ll be learning right along with your 9th grader and you’ll probably make some mistakes. But it will all be ok. I’m thankful that you appreciate hearing the struggles bc it can be difficult to see moms on social media and wonder, “how come they have it together and I can’t seem to get it together?” So I’m glad I can be the one to say, “me! Over here….I’m, I don’t always have it all together. You’re not alone!” Every year of homeschooling, we learn how to adjust. And you know what? The next year has its own brand new set of challenges. Humility is a good place to be. I am not sufficient. But I know who is! 😉

@jessicafrank182

Жыл бұрын

@@OurHOMEschoolPlan Thanks for taking time to respond and for the encouragement! Love your high school homeschool content! Subscribed so I can come back and hear more! Yes! We know the one who holds all things together! Praying you have a great homeschool start and a great year!

Thank you for sharing all of this. Very helpful!

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

3 ай бұрын

You’re welcome!

Thank you so much. My kids are still young but this gives me a heads up. Thank you again. Hugs

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!!! ❤️

Yay!! Another video from my favorite youtuber🥰🥰🥰

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

Awe, thanks!! 🥰

Wow. I am so impressed. You actually admitted falling behind correcting your son's work. Something I have done but never felt comfortable admitting. I love your flexibility and reasons for homeschooling. They align so very closely with mine. Keep up the good work. I am going to check out some of your other videos now.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

Жыл бұрын

I’m just listened to a podcast from Andrew Pudewa and Sarah Mackenzie at the Great Homeschool convention this past year and you should hear what they admitted about high school! 😂 I think we put too much pressure on ourselves to be a certain way and in the end…..how much does it REALLY matter? 😁 Thank you for commenting! I’m glad I’m able to be “relatable.”

Such a good video! My oldest is entering into 5th grade and I’m working to be in the habit of documenting. This way I have a few years to figure it out before I really need to.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

Yes!! You are ahead of the game!!

I just started homeschooling my 6th grader this week so thank you so much for this as it’s one of my stressors. Im so lost and this helps a lot

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!!! I’m glad I can help!

We started high school credits in 7 grade, I’m glad we did. Thank you for another great video.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 ай бұрын

You’re welcome!!

Thank you for this video! I can’t wait to hear your review on Shormann Science and Compass Classroom History!

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!! I’m waiting for my son to finish his history portfolio before recording that review bc it’s such an amazing project!!! I hope it’s coming soon!

@lisachristinaconfirmed5067

2 жыл бұрын

@@OurHOMEschoolPlan love this video!! Do you have a video on how you or your son do his portfolios??

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

@@lisachristinaconfirmed5067 I don’t have anything like that bc I’ve never done one yet! It’s my summer project! The portfolio I was mentioning in the comment above was a history project…..called the portfolio

@lisachristinaconfirmed5067

2 жыл бұрын

@@OurHOMEschoolPlan my son is set to do 9 th grade but we are WAY behind and I mean that in every way so I would love to see how you do his transcript and whatever else y’all are doing through out high school that sets him up for next level education

Thank you, so many good points! I have my oldest starting 8th grade this year, and already have anxiety about high school 😂 I look forward to your review of compass classroom history. It does seem intense, so I've considered using Masterbooks American History book and workbook, and then just assign the videos from compass classroom. Best of both worlds? Who knows...I'll probably change my mind ten more times this year lol

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

The video lectures from compass classroom are so good!! I’ve never looked into Masterbooks bc their style of teaching (workbooks) isn’t our style. But I’m not sure how you’d mesh the two. I think if you watched compass classroom, you’d want to dig deeper into what THEY assign bc the lectures are that intriguing. But that’s just my opinion!

Great video. We’re under an umbrella and submit attendance,grades,curriculum but not how we got to the grade. That would be a mess. I agree on the description,we use the course description when we purchase and log it in..backtracking is a pain. High school is fun! We also did foreign language (sign language) and physical science in 8th to count as credit.we had the “hat do you want to be” talk in 9th and health careers kept popping up. We had to do Biology and chemistry but then we are doing anatomy and physiology,medical terminology and emergency medicine…fun year!! Contact your local tech/ vocational school and see when they have an open house. The child can see, touch and hear all about several careers and see if anything spikes an interest.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t know how I’d do being accountable to an umbrella. It would either keep me accountable or keep me a basket case. 😂 Thanks for the tip on vocation school.

At the beginning of the year I vow to maintain my planner. Next thing I know weeks have gone by and the planner remains blank. I feel like high school is kicking our butt right now. I appreciate your advice about giving grace. My son has been taking so long to complete the curriculum. I think you are correct about credit for hours put in not just completing the curriculum.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

Жыл бұрын

Yes!! You can decide if the effort was worth a credit bc even in a modern school, there may be advanced classes or intermediate classes where the students go at a different paces. But both classes still receive their credit. I’m the same way with a planner, honestly. I’ve been using one FAIRLY consistently this year, but not bc I want to. Because it’s necessary for me to keep track of what I’m doing. Some weeks I can wing it. Others, I can’t AT ALL. So don’t beat yourself up about a planner either. 😉

Thanks for the information. I have a rising 8th grader and you have inspired me to do my research and make sure we are prepared for high school. You may already know this, but just to clarify for anyone else who is watching, not all home schools fall under the category of private school. Every state is different and how they classify home schools. In our state, there are no requirements for homeschool High School graduation. It is up to my husband and I to decide what we will require of our children in order for them to graduate. Of course it is wise to consider if you plan for your children to attend college what a college will look for in their transcript.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, that’s a good point!!

Super helpful video! I have a daughter who will be entering 9th grade. I'm nervous about everything! Thank you for talking about a resume and keeping track of all her service time and deeds, jobs, sports, etc. She's not academically excited/inclined, but she has so much going for her in other areas of her life. She can get overwhelmed easily, so I'm really praying that we are able to meet the requirements, while not making the academic side more than it needs to be. I don't even know if that's possible!? 😳🤣

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

I hear you. I wish we could truly just educate the individual rather than making them take courses that we know in our hearts aren’t going to be needed for their future. I took all the sciences in high school and then went to college for business. Did I need chemistry? No. And I don’t remember a thing from it except some of the periodic table. If a child wants to be a doctor or even an engineer…..chemistry would be a must. But if they are certain they will do business or something of the sort….why do we have to do these? Same with math…..I could go on. 😉

@MichelleL83

2 жыл бұрын

@@OurHOMEschoolPlan 💯!

Thanks for been so real!

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!

Myself and my mother are getting ready to dive into homeschooling my freshman son. We have decided on this because he is having some difficulties with motivation and attendance in regular school. My goal is to come up with a plan and curriculum that keeps him interested and eager to learn. I’m even more nervous because we haven’t had the time to prepare for this, since it’s been more of a last resort option for us. I appreciate your insight and honesty. New subscriber!

@sheeerie

Жыл бұрын

I will also add- this is his second year of high school, he has to repeat because of his obsession absences last year.

@sheeerie

Жыл бұрын

*obsessive

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

Жыл бұрын

I’m so glad you’re here! I can imagine how overwhelming it could be. I wish you all the best!!!

This was so helpful!!! Thank you so much

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

11 ай бұрын

You’re welcome!! 😎

Hi there, great video! Thanks for sharing. I just graduated my first child from our homeschool and I can relate to a lot of what you shared. You're right in saying that it isn't the number of projects a student completes, but rather the number of hours they work. We use "The Well-Trained Mind" to guide our homeschool and one of the authors, Susan Wise Bauer, is a writing professor at a university. In podcast on writing she recommended that, in the middle grades, students write short research papers in preparation for high school. Writing frequent, short research papers (one or two pages long) where they cite one or two sources, will give them the practice they need without overwhelming them. I did this with my daughter and when she reached high school, writing a longer research paper was easy for her and it didn't take very long. It's sounds like your son is hard-working and diligent. You've taught him some very important skills that will help him stand out and succeed wherever he goes.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations On graduation!!! That’s very good advice about middle school!

Great tips! Thank you!

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!

Thanks for this content. We are getting ready to start homeschooling for 9th grade. Feeling lost

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

Beginning can feel that way! Just do the next thing. You may stumble through it, but it’ll be ok. 😉

Hi,I'm feeling alone in this way of homeschooling my 16 years son with intellectual disability! Thanks so much!!

I have a 15 year old too and was so intimidated by high school. I am counting credits for real life experiences (for example 1 year of PE by walking the dogs, mowing the yard, PE class at co op. We did a light world history course, but he reads a lot of historical fiction and watches the history Channel for fun, so that is his world history credit. Over tge 4 years here, he will help his dad build an office in the basement, help mop, dishes, wrap presents, cook......I know he will put in 120 hours of home ec. Get my drift? ;)

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

Building a room sounds like vocational…..yep!

@chelseymcgee484

Жыл бұрын

I feel like doing this is showing him shortcuts and how to cheat.

This video was so helpful! I have a rising 8th grader so I’ve been trying to wrap my head around high school and what I need to prep for! (You and I are so much alike! It makes me lol 😂)

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!! So how are we alike!!!???? I’m intrigued! 😜

@ourthriftyhomeschool

2 жыл бұрын

@@OurHOMEschoolPlan our personalities are so similar! But in this specific video…being behind in grading, having good intentions for meetups/checkins, but not following through….all the good stuff 😆 I love your videos ❤️

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

@@ourthriftyhomeschool lol!! Yep! I guess we’re a lot alike! 😂 Thank you so much!

Thank you for this!

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!

Thank you for talking about early high school credit. I’m thinking about that for my girls. They are going into 6th and 7th, so not yet, but considering how we might do that for their 8th grade year (even taking a bit longer to complete).

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

I’m so for taking longer!!!! I don’t understand the rush to push kids to college too soon. I may seriously consider a 5th year of school for my son if he’s not ready. Another year ti increase test scores or to pursue their interests. I think it’s called a “super senior” year.

Hi Rachel! Such a good video that is so needed.. not enough of this kind of content on youtube. My daughter is entering her senior year and doing mostly all dual enrollment which she began last year. We have received such helpful feedback from the colleges she is interested in ... I am thinking I may make a video to share what we have learned through that process. You did a great job pointing out some really important stuff. Just a clarification for the hslda info on assigning credits: you can choose to use either the percentage of a curriculum option OR the hours option. So if your kid finished 80% of chemistry book but did it in 110 hours you can call that a credit OR you can just count hours in wh8ch case you need 120 -150 regardless of how much of a text they completed. For example, I made my own honors american lit program for my daughter and we had to document hours since I didn't have a published curriculum... but you can't do only 80% of hours IF you are using thr hours method. Hope that helps.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

That makes sense about the credit hours!! Thanks for the tip!

I already watched on another device where I am not set up to "like" so I just came here to like this video. Thank you

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

How thoughtful of you!!! thank you so much!

In my state, I get to decide what counts towards credit. Learning isn't confined to course/textbooks. It happens all day long. If my son spends every afternoon following rabbit trails, I get to count that towards a credit.

@susandesantell1379

Жыл бұрын

What state are you in?!

@genabrady1348

Жыл бұрын

@@susandesantell1379 Washington.

in GA - we can count Math and Foreign Language. I feel ya with homeschooling high school, we are rolling right into 9th grade come July. We all need a support group for high school for youtube families haha

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

How exciting!!! I started 9th grade last July also with my high schooler only. ThAt way we could ease into the routine before adding the others! Time is flying for our babies!!

@jennajadeg7010

2 жыл бұрын

it goes by so quickly!!

@coolraddude301coolbrocool3

2 жыл бұрын

I'm starting 9th grade this July too. I'm so nervous I did find a great helper and joined co op for the first time. Eighth grade was our first year. But I'm still so scared.

Im doing the Masterbooks Intro to Logic course with my 8th & 9th grader next year. Im excited to have the family time together. We also do our history together.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

Жыл бұрын

I love that!!! I thought about Logic as well! Having kids so close on age, i bet that makes homeschooling fun! They probably get to do a lot together. 😉

ABeka 6th grade English Student Text book is great for 6th grade through college as a step by step guide on how to complete a Term paper. You can use reports and term papers for more than one subject. Count the content for the subject the report is for and count the grammar for the English/Language Arts grade. Videos you watch can include discussion and count as an assignment for one of the students subjects.

I took Meteorology in high school (private school). It was so much fun! We even played a “predict the weather” game throughout the term to see who could be the most accurate. Our school had a weather gage on it that was for the local weather channel. I believe we got to use some of that data too, to create our own weather maps (it’s been almost 20 years so my memory’s a bit rusty 🤪).

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

I actually found a course!!! And it does have a predict the weather element! We’ve been teasing my son that he’ll be the next weather man! 😉 Did you class predict hurricane paths also? That would be interesting to learn also!

@jent6141

2 жыл бұрын

@@OurHOMEschoolPlan Would love to know about the meteorology course you found. My son loves weather and he’s fascinated by it!!! Thank you for sharing your feedback! We’re in the same boat as well!

I ended up enrolling my 9th grader in Kolbe Academy (classical). They are an accredited school and kept his transcripts. But the best part was, they let me substitute any subjects I wanted to with any curriculum they approved! So I didn't have to use their History, for example, but just submitted to them what I used. That child transfered to public school eventually and they easily accepted that transcript too

Local library has some great coding classes here so worth a look into for exposure to networking and security. Open courseware is another option since many programmers are self taught to a great degree. Practice and projects are everything. The rest is sitting for (and paying for) certification exams.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

11 ай бұрын

Yes!!! My nephew homeschooled through 12th grade and was immediately hired on into a software developmental position bc he had been a high school intern who’d proven he already could do the job that in the past required a college degree. Times are changing!

This is the hard way. My dad got my three brothers into University of Florida and I will do the same with my kids. In 10th grade take the accuplacer test for dual enrollment. Do two years of it then there is a transfer agreement to most major state colleges. No high school transcripts needed.

My Tek Lab. It’s live classes. And this is what my daughter took this year for her high school technology credit. It’s a family run business in Florida. Nice folks !

@annaramponi4505

2 жыл бұрын

I was confused about what class was best for my daughter so I emailed. They are very fast to respond and I bet you could even get a phone call with them and find something your son would enjoy.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!! I will definitely look into this!!

I have a junior higher. Thanks for sharing your wisdom.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!!

Check out 42 electronics. They have an intro. To robotics. My son just did it this year. You have to do levels A-D to make a HS course. He will be learning Pi.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

Ooohhh…..this is intriguing! My son has done robotics clubs pre-Covid!! But they were EV3. Thanks for the recommendation!!

Dear lady.... I just found you. We were in CC for 10 years. Oldest went through Ch B. For his 9th grade year, my daughter's 7th grade year, we walked away. Both did Ron Paul Homeschool Curriculum. He was very prepared, daughter was not happy at all. I'm giving you a big virtual hug as I listen this morning. We are in SC, and I administrate our 3rd option accountability group, so I have transcript experience. I needed it before I needed it, know what I mean?

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

I just looked at the Ron Paul curriculum. What did you think of it? I was intrigued by the entrepreneur class!

@christinavickers4390

2 жыл бұрын

@@OurHOMEschoolPlan it is a LOT to grade, like you were saying. My rising 10th grader learned a lot of independence in Challenge A & B, so I let him take the reigns, but I fell apart in the grading because the work in Business, English, and Government were all papers only. Oy! I did receive weekly progress updates to see how much of the course he had completed. I like that. To me, the lectures are rather dry, but my son seemed ok with them. There are no labs to the science courses we've looked at so far, so I'm planning to add labs to Biology for this year. My daughter's 7th grade English was a bear! She doesn't like reading as it is, but there were 27 readings including several GK Chesterton books AND THREE Shakespeare plays!!!! Compassion.... definitely had to show some for her. I think if my oldest had more gumption to actually start his own business, the Business 1 course could have been a lot more, but it ended up being more "theory." He will be taking the 2nd one this year, so I'm hoping it will take some flight. I *have* to stay on top of grading this year, though. Oy oy oy!

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

@@christinavickers4390 ok. Thank you!! This is so good to know. I also found an entrepreneurial course from Dave Ramsey. Maybe I’ll look into that one. For you, for science Shormann math has science also. Also graded online and labs included. You can buy a lab kit to do along with the videos or just watch the videos which would count as a lab. Would be easier for Mama. 😉

@christinavickers4390

2 жыл бұрын

@@OurHOMEschoolPlan thank you for that resource! I will check it out!

High school is hard!!! We are starting next year but have already started high school credits early!!! We’ve done science credits early!!! I haven’t thought about the extras my kids do!!! We already do the meetings often!!! Our meetings can be not very long!!! We find year round homeschool helps my kids to get their work done!!!

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

So what are your meetings like? I technically met with my son but not like, “here’s the deadline for this…..let me check your work…” (unless it was a big project, I did check it along the way)

@RockSimmer-gal4God

2 жыл бұрын

@@OurHOMEschoolPlan ours are like that and we discuss the timeline of the work!!!

I know I’ve seen Not Consumed links on your videos before. Have you ever checked into her homeschool planners? She has a video series about them on her site. You plan school around your other activities and such, cater education to your family and each child. I’m getting it when it goes on sale again hopefully soon. Also I just ordered the student planner. She has a different way of doing things, and I think you would benefit from it. Thanks for doing this. First year homeschooling in 8th grade….. we are still doing it. Not looking like much of a summer vacation this year. I appreciate all your tips as we go into high school next fall.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

Yea I’ve seen her planner. I have her student planner. We didn’t end up using it. I looked at it again and it doesn’t really allow for daily customized planning for the student. Her homeschool mom planner….I’ve watched a video or two on it.

@lorimast

2 жыл бұрын

@@OurHOMEschoolPlan @Our HOMEschool Plan what do you mean by daily customized planning? I saw lines where you can enter each class and check off each day that it's completed. I just got it today, and I plan to get the mom's planner when it goes on sale again.....hopefully soon. LOL See what I did there? I'm planning to plan. :P

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

@@lorimast haha!!! To quote a movie like from the movie “Hook,” “you’re doing it, Peter!” You’re planning!!! I love it! Ha! If you haven’t seen that movie, it’s a classic Robin Williams movie! Anyway…. So on the student planner…. Yes, there’s spots to add each subject and check off for each day….but no space to write “Monday, read chapter 6 and study vocab words” Tuesday - read chapter 6 and start on paper outline…” you know customized work for a subject. If all you’re doing is “lesson 1,2,3,4” etc. then the planner is fine. But for my son, planning out his work, including larger projects, and when he’s going to study this and that….he just needs more room to customize a subject for a given day. Hope that makes sense.

@lorimast

2 жыл бұрын

@@OurHOMEschoolPlan yes it does. Maybe the use of sticky notes would help with that! 😂 I do remember seeing Hook but it’s been awhile. I miss that man…. So sad what happened. My husband and I watched Good Morning Vietnam recently and the ending REALLY got to me. I’m a cryer. 🥲

The requirements for graduation vary by state. FL has several options, and whether you are homeschool or private depends on if you are registered with the county or with an umbrella, which qualifies you as a private school.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

Florida is so different than Illinois!! In more ways than homeschool! 😜

I was wondering if you could do a video on the meteorolgy high school course that you found? I'm always tracking the weather with my daughter before I began her homeschooling since we live on gulf coast Texas. 🤠 We've met some of our local meteorologists at our annual Hurricane Workshop. 😊 The course sounds interesting. We experienced so many similarities with your experience. So, I'm currently organizing myself now to be better prepared for our next learning year. 😊

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

It’s a possibility. I haven’t purchased anything yet though. 😉

@racecontrol1780

Жыл бұрын

We are so blessed with so much homeschool flexibility here in Texas

I taught my son how to write through IEW writing program. The program is SO systematic at teaching children how to write. It is SO good. It can be used for 4th graders or 9th graders. You just move at a faster pace with high schoolers. I love how my now 6th grader is becoming a great writer because of IEW. Check it out.

Great vid! TY! So curious what curricula you're using for your younger students too!

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

Жыл бұрын

Yep! Those are the next videos coming up!

I just watched a video on Campfire Curriculum's Meteorology unit. I'm not too familiar with their units, but it looks great from the samples! Maybe that unit would be helpful to finding some ideas and resources?

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I saw that. I love the campfire curriculum idea!

Keeping up on grading is so hard!! You are not alone!! Have you decided if you will use TGTB Language Arts for your son again next year? I'm considering using it for my 9th and 10th graders.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

We are not doing TGTB next year. I bought him IEW so he can keep working on mechanics and then I’m piecing together some other language arts things where he’ll have additional writing. I’m still in planning though!

@kimijeand

2 жыл бұрын

@@OurHOMEschoolPlan That's good to know. Thank you so much for getting back with me!

Have you heard of Homeschool Planet? My oldest is starting HS this upcoming school year and they (Homeschool Planet) have report cards, grading, and transcripts all incorporated and it is sooo user friendly.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

3 ай бұрын

I’ve heard of it and I know people who love it. It’s a little too much for my brain! I tried it and it didn’t quite give me a daily checklist in the way I wanted. Maybe I was doing it wrong. 😂

Not all states think of home schools as private schools so everyone check with your state on if you have to do the public or private school requirements.

Also, one more thing to ENCOURAGE you. We have done Dave Raymond history for American and modernity. We love it and I can't wait to use it again with my 7th grader... Please know that IF you do every extra project etc especially the hours project and portfolio you are doing way MORE than an AP or even rigorous honors class provided. This is so not to brag but to encourage you... My daughter has a 4.0 with 21 dual enrollment credits under her belt (from our local selective private collegr) and the work she is doing for those humanities type classes Is less than Dave Raymond. So please tell your son to be encouraged... he has done a great work this year. Sorry to flood your comments but want you give you some encouraging perspective. 😉

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that!! Yes, we had to cut some of the work. I mean the course said 150 hours!! And it was definitely A LOT of work. But I like the angle you’re coming at to tell them they’re doing more work than a college course!! Love that!!

I just learned that FAFSA grants are determined from tax records 2 years prior. Just a heads up! Thanks for all the tips. We are heading into 10th grade with our oldest.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!!!! 😁

Family style!!!! Yes yes yes!!!

CLARIFYING WHAT A CREDIT IS: Somebody pointed this out to me and it makes sense. (There’s so much info out there….it can get confusing) 1 credit CAN BE a completed course. . So if your child is a fast worker….great! They can earn an early credit. (Or whatever credit the course says it’s worth….there are 1/2 credit courses also) But for those who need more time…. 1 credit is also 120 hours of work OR 75-80% completion of the curriculum! (If the curriculum is worth 1 credit) So I guess 80% of the hours (96 h) isn’t accurate. In my mind….I was thinking “what the CURRICULUM considers 96 hours, which is 80% completion) I hope that makes more sense and I’ll probably touch on that in another video at some point!

I’m going to use the tests in the books. If there isn’t a test I’ll glean from the questions. But most books have tests.

I don’t make schedules and we work through the summer and such. All they have to do is pass those tests every year.

First of all this is a great video! Thank you. My only suggestion is to remember that “your schedule” is not at all important. His education is. It sounds like he is doing awesome. He is not “behind”. It’s not a race. I Gauranty that his knowledge is for greater than anyone finished sooner in public schools. Don’t taint his love of learning for the sake of a schedule. I have subscribed and looking forward to your videos.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yes I know he’s getting far more out of his education than I did! Nevertheless, if going to college, there are certain things that we need to do. If he’s not going to college, we have much more freedom but this hasn’t been determined yet.

As far as scheduling and keeping up with deadlines and checking work, have you thought of something like homeschool planet? I’m setting up my soon to be 9th graders classes in there and then planning on printing him the list each week that he’ll turn into me. Or I’ll give him a log on and he’ll check them off online and I’ll check from my side that they’re done. Unfortunately, his paper planner just didn’t end up working out and I slacked off checking his work and things slid. So I’m super hopeful homeschool planet will work!

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I’ve heard of homeschool planet and we tried it once. It was too much for me to manage. I guess there’s just that line for me that doesn’t like everything to be online. I need paper!! 😜 and my son is pretty diligent with his planner….we just need truer deadlines. But I know several who’ve had great success with homeschool planet! I think it just depends on if you like paper or digital! 😉

@L--C

2 жыл бұрын

@@OurHOMEschoolPlan I’m usually a paper girl! But I’m hopeful… I like how it plans the entire year with the ability to quickly move stuff around and reschedule assignments. We’ll see! I feel like I’m always searching for the *thing* that will be the key to keeping us on track and fully organized.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

@@L--C I love that it’s easy to adjust. One thing I didn’t like about it was that I wanted to have a weekly plan I could print (the paper, right?) and the weekly print wasn’t pretty. There were more details that I wanted to add to each assignment some weeks that made it not pretty to print. (Maybe that was bc I also tried to add my girls things). But I just felt it was more cumbersome FOR ME….but like you said….the appeal is you can move a deadline and it will automatically shift everything. That is definitely APPEALING!! 😉

@L--C

2 жыл бұрын

@@OurHOMEschoolPlan it is definitely not pretty! 🤣

Maybe your best choice for the tech thing is something through your community college

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah-I’m considering that for his junior or sent up year for sure!! 😉

Also, I'm really curious where did you get the white cabinet behind you that has your school items on top? 😁

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve had that cabinet for a few years. It’s from IKEA!

I know I got lazy this past year. I am not letting that happen next school year. I also learned that I have to be clearer with my son on expectations when it comes to hhis work.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

Yep!! My son slacked on some deadlines bc I assumed he understood. Interruptions affect our homeschool week all the time. So I let deadlines slide bc if that….especially if the interruption was MY idea. But in the end, it ended up sliding too much! Expectations are a must!! 😉

Oh no, sweet mama! Could you just print or copy the scope and sequence for each course?

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

I will use the course descriptions that are given from a curriculum . But if I customize anything, or add anything, I have to figure that out. It’s probably not a big task as long as I don’t forget anything and get this years done before next years starts!! 😉

All you have to do is keep the book OR make a copy of the description on the workbooks and textbooks. Vuala. Problem solved.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

Жыл бұрын

Unless you’ve customized a curriculum….otherwise, yes. But we’ve done more than just curriculum

For technology, is your son interested in coding or do you just need to fill a technology requirement? If you just need to fill a requirement, just track all the time he uses computer programs to type papers or make presentations for his other courses. Most high school introductory computer courses only include a timed typing component (you could use typing.com) and a basic introduction to Microsoft office (word, excel, and PowerPoint). It would be pretty easy to piece together that credit just by tracking hours.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

He’s interested in technology and coding. So this is not for a requirement. 😉 great idea otherwise!

Ron Paul's 7th and 8th grade science does a lot with technology. There are over 200 lessons with them and they seem advanced to me. Their curriculum has an emphasis on entrepreneurship.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

You’re the second person who has commented about Ron Paul’s curriculum to me. I just went out and looked and I had no idea it existed! I’m intrigued by the business courses now!

@nikchik382

2 жыл бұрын

This will be our first year using it. We are excited!

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

@@nikchik382 I only looked at a free lesson for business. Do all of them look like PowerPoint presentations? I wonder how the assignments go. Do you have to grade? Or are assignments online?

@nikchik382

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I believe you grade. It is a very self-directed, self-led curriculum. There is a student forum for students to ask questions or show their work for feedback from other students and sometimes the teachers. All lessons are powerpoint and/or video based but there are no other books required unless you want to purchase them as they have PDF's for worksheets, books, and links to any other videos related to the course.

Oh my goodness. High school is 4 years away for us and now I am so stressed. 😜

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

Lol!!! Don’t feel stressed!! Infact….don’t worry about it! Enjoy the next three years then you can start feeling stress!! Lol! 😂

My niece attends public school. She skipped 8th grade and will graduate high school with her associate's degree. That definitely wasn't offered where and when I went to high school.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

Жыл бұрын

Hmm….I’ve never heard of that either. That’s very interesting!

Not all colleges want this resume. You do what you can which isn’t much when everywhere required the vaccine or clashes in religious or political beliefs or you can’t afford it. Well you can always do even just one year of junior college and get into college. But most just want the grades.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

Жыл бұрын

Depends on if you want your student to stand out for certain scholarships. These are also turned in FOR specific college scholarships. You don’t have to d a resume if you don’t want to. But I’ve been doing them a long time. We’ve gotten a lot of feedback from students who’ve used them and from the colleges who’ve received them on how well they market a student and make them memorable. But if you don’t want this, don’t do it. Nobody is telling you you have to make your student stand out. You can be like everybody else and do the minimum.

Would you share what meterology curriculum you found for high school? My son wants to be a meterologist and I would love for him to have a meterology course. Thanks!

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

Жыл бұрын

I’ve shared it in the description of my high school curriculum videos (in case this is wrong 😬) but I think it’s called layeredearth.com

@hannahyoung3533

Жыл бұрын

@@OurHOMEschoolPlan - Thank you so much!

We are in our 3rd year of CC with our youngest who is now in Challenge II. It has been wonderful and it has been terrible. Do you have any videos on why you lived away from CC and if it has been a good or bad move?

@thisslightlysweetlife3402

Жыл бұрын

Sorry, *moved away from CC.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

Жыл бұрын

Yes I do!! I have two videos on CC. One is the pros and cons. The other is why we left: kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y4t6zayoh6efZ5c.html You’re in the home stretch now if your youngest is CH 2!!

@thisslightlysweetlife3402

Жыл бұрын

@@OurHOMEschoolPlan I found them! Thank you!!

You don’t have to tell the schools everything or the system whatever. You can do languages in junior high and count it for highschool. No one has to be the wiser.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

Жыл бұрын

If they did 120-150 hours of high school level work, yes. That’s the early junior high credit I talked about that you said everybody was too “hyper focused” on. My son repeated LATIN 1 in 9th grade so it wouldn’t be ethical for me to count it twice. If I had thought about early credit, we would’ve done his 8th grade differently. But he used that year for the basics of the course and didn’t do all of the work for it bc he knew he was repeating it.

1/2 of a college course counts as 1 full year of high school credit for that course.

AoPs (the people that wrote beast academy math) have a few python programming classes for high schoolers.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!! Thanks for the suggestion!

Latin is a foreign language, and yes, Latin 1 can be done in 8th grade.

Udemy might be a great place to look for coding or computer classes!

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!!

Christmas time is when the wheels fall off if I am not careful and disciplined.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

Жыл бұрын

December is definitely a challenge!! 🌲 🎄

I don’t think you have to do HS credits in middle school. Not everyone is up for that. I did take college credits between my jr/sr year and into my sr year back in the “dark ages” when it wasn’t the thing it is now. It was helpful to lighten my load during college but not direly necessary.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 ай бұрын

I agree. We’ve actually done so many credits for high school anyway. We have more than enough. But if you CAN….if you’re able…it can’t hurt to leave more room in high school for electives. But it’s not necessary.

@mwolfe7883

2 ай бұрын

@@OurHOMEschoolPlan just not needed to add to a mom’s anxiety if they have a solid plan to get it all done anyway. 🤗

Just wondering… Why don’t you count his 8th grade Latin as HS credit?

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

In 8th grade, we had already decided he was going to repeat it in 9th grade to solidify it. By the time, I realized we could’ve made it a high school credit, I asked him if he wanted to move on to Latin 2 in 9th grade and he didn’t want to. He wanted to do Latin 1 again to make sure he knew it. But we could have!

What is this compass classroom?

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

Жыл бұрын

Compass Classroom is a curriculum designed for mostly pre-teen to high school students. They offer video instruction, downloadable text, and a Christian worldview curriculum. I’d say most of their curriculum is geared to high schoolers. But there are several you could do for middle school as well. Check them out! You could buy 1 course, or you could do a subscription and have access to ALL of their courses! I did do a review of their history curriculum to give you an idea of how it works. Let me know what you think! affiliates.compassclassroom.com/idevaffiliate.php?id=585 *affiliate link

A lot of great info here. However, these numbers are not all correct. For instance, she is talking about ACT not SAT scores. Hours for a class are 160 hours not 120. Full completion of hours is required while completion of books is not. If you are in Colorado, I highly suggest Homeschool Freedom Academy. Get someone to help you with record keeping. Start as you mean to go on with transcripts. Pick your top 5 colleges and look at their homeschool admissions requirements. They are quite often different from public and private school students. Pay attention to which sciences you take. You need official labs. Collaboration with other students etc. Specific sciences are also required. For specific computer courses, use Khan. It’s free and good quality.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

The info. is different everywhere. I wonder if it changed because when I was in HSLDA's seminar at a homeschool conference, they said 120 hours. And that's also what "Well Trained Mind" says. But now on the HSLDA site, it says 150 hours, whereas before when I checked, 150 hours was an honors course.

@reflectionsinthebible3579

Жыл бұрын

You don’t need “official labs” unless the student plans on needing to do surgeries on people or animals in their futures. Or be chemists or pharmacists… and even then, they will do those in college anyway.

@melbygrace

Жыл бұрын

@@reflectionsinthebible3579 Colleges prefer that they have done labs. It’s about knowing how to work with lab partners and more. Community college doesn’t care. Some state colleges also. This should be planned with the future in mind. We plan our high school based on the top 3 colleges the student would consider. They may not even go to uni, but I never want to shortchange them.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

Жыл бұрын

@@melbygrace I agree! Some college requirements say science with labs and will specify a number of labs.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

Жыл бұрын

@@reflectionsinthebible3579 I agree with Mely P. Some colleges require labs

I would definitely recommend dual enrollment at a community college. Check out OUR BLESSED LIFE channel, she does a good job of explaining the process. He could take one tech class there. Also, my advanced 7th grader did a high school programming course. It cost $125 from Silicon Valley High School. He learned a lot of Java.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

I never thought of that for next year. I’ve thought of dual enrollment for junior or senior year…..hmmm…. 🤔 I’ll have to look at that. Unfortunately….our community college is a good half hour away. Gas prices. Agh!!!!!

@lisadeolalikar424

2 жыл бұрын

@@OurHOMEschoolPlan My high schooler takes two community college classes a system on the computer, asynchronous. There are also in person classes, but online has been better for us. The classes are also free for high schoolers in CA.

@lisadeolalikar424

2 жыл бұрын

A semester not system, sorry.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

2 жыл бұрын

@@lisadeolalikar424 I wish they were free here.

@angelah2838

2 жыл бұрын

Regarding dual enrollment, you want to be sure that the college(s) you are targeting will accept the credits from the dual enrollment program. Not all dual enrollment courses are automatically accepted. That would be a lot of work done for nothing if not accepted. I have a rising 11th grader, and I learned this from a veteran homeschool mom at a college visit I went to with my son this spring. Thanks to all the high school mamas out there willing to share this important info!

Well so far we don’t have extra and I am not thinking we will. The pet volunteering is requiring my children be vaxed. There isn’t much here except for rich people. Oh well. Well just have to do junior college. Not like we can afford more anyway.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

Жыл бұрын

thanks for stopping by. Sorry you are frustrated at my suggestions and feel like you’ve learned nothing (as told by your 15 comments). and are trying to be forced (as you put it) (into a box) 😂

@reflectionsinthebible3579

Жыл бұрын

@@OurHOMEschoolPlan ehh I’m just frustrated because all I seem to see anymore is talk that suits gifted students and the like and online school this and online school that. I was trying to hopefully find someone who would say something more like you don’t have to do highschool in junior high and you don’t have to do college in highschool. I can see Alg 1 and intro to geometry in seventh to eighth. But it really is more realistic to say to do pre-alg and pre geometry. It’s just all I seem to rub into are ideas for gifted students. And the volunteering. Yeah. I get that. It just doesn’t work here sadly.

@reflectionsinthebible3579

Жыл бұрын

@@OurHOMEschoolPlan did I write 15? I could swear it was more around three or so.

The students should do their own essay on what they have done on their college apps. Not the parent.

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

Жыл бұрын

You don’t think some students are using hire editors? They are.

@reflectionsinthebible3579

Жыл бұрын

@@OurHOMEschoolPlan wow. I never knew that. Seriously. But shouldn’t it just be the student doing that part to get in showing their own abilities even at writing about themselves?

@OurHOMEschoolPlan

Жыл бұрын

@@reflectionsinthebible3579 I don’t know what the official rules are. If the student is looking for a scholarship for math, then they may not be a great writer. The essay is to make you memorable and communicate your achievements or ideas, but you don’t have to be the one to write it and edit it. It’s more about the content than the grammar.